Change 10,000 People, Change Japan!! Multi-Layer Retrospectives for Large-Scale Organizational Transformation
summary
A program called multi-layer retrospectives combines four practices—Reflection, Retrospective, Postmortem, and Futurespective—using a semilattice (cross-cutting) design and fractal cadences to scale organizational change across a 13,000+ employee company. Implementations include a daily reflection portal with onboarding-linked prompts, a company-wide retrospective club, and monthly futurespectives; after 6–7 months they report ~700 club members, 1,000+ regular reflectors, about 10 daily active posters, and improved gratitude and engagement while working to connect outcomes to revenue and KPIs.
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chapters (13)
- 0:00Introduction
- 2:34Why retrospectives matter
- 7:55Vision for Japan's change
- 11:04Multi-layer retrospectives
- 15:47Challenges in large-scale change
- 21:47Retrospective integration
- 26:22Practice with Shift
- 37:39Reflection initiatives
- 38:01Future perspective use
- 40:09Retrospective practice
- 42:14Post-mortem future
- 43:37Expanding nationwide
- 44:42Next steps
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